Information Generation

This is the story of the seminal role data plays in our lives and explains how the advance of our civilization has come hand in hand with our ability to collect... » 

This is the story of the seminal role data plays in our lives and explains how the advance of our civilization has come hand in hand with our ability to collect and interpret data. Starting with occasional scratching on cave walls, eminent statistician David J. Hand guides us right up to the modern era where society is completely dependent on an abundance of data systems for its very survival. «